Bifurcated undergarment.



G. W. T, DAVIES. BIFUROATE D UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1914.-

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APPLICATION IILED FE'B. 12, 1914. I

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CHARLES W. '1. DAVIES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BIFURGATED UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Application filed February 12, 1914. Serial No. 815,363.

To all whom it may concern:

.lie'it known that 1, CHARLES W. T. DAVJLES, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bifurcated Undergarments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bifurcated undergarments.

The present invention, which is adapted for embodiment in drawers, combination underwear, or union suits," has for its object the provisioir'of an improved posterior construction for the drawers, whereby there is Y provided a laterally movable or shiftable seat section which may be quickly and easily opened or closed while hanging straight down, thereby obviating the necessity of swinging a large seat flap and the difliculty of restoring it to normal closed position which is incident to those drawers, combination garments or union suits employing a split leg.

My invention does not disturb the usual or natural hang or set of the bifurcated garment, but at the same time it possesses the advantages of affording a large opening in the posterior portion of the drawers, when the latter are opened, by sliding the movable portion of the seat, and the relation of the parts such that the user does not have to manipulate or move a flapabout from point to point in an effort to button or fasten it when it is to be closed. With my invention, merely grasping the shiftable section. of the seat and sliding it to and fronaturally and automatically, as it were, positions it for fastening or buttoning when being closed and for locating it properly lo adequately open the seat of the drawers of the circumference of the undergarment at 1 its waist, on a waistband of the under- I l garment. Preferably oneof the legs of the bifurcated garment is open clear through the lower end thereof from a point in the region of the waist portion. One or more fastening devices, such as a button and buttonholc, are provided for securing the slid-- able seat section to the split leg. I may provide the split leg and slidable seat portion with overlapped parts. When the invention is embodied in a combination or union suit, the shirt or body portion thereof may be provided with a skirt or tail extending un dcr or over the waist-band which supports the slidable seat section. If the invention is carried out in a combination or union suit, the uudergarment may be provided with a front opening, having suitable fasteners, ex-

tending from the neck to a point near the crotch thereof.

If the invention is embodied in drawers, they may have a suitable fly. Whether the invention be carried out in drawers only or in a combination or union suit, it is only necessary for a suiiicient length of waistband .to be provided such as will afford a support for the suspension of the slidable section of the seat, but the 'waist-band may extend entirely around the waist portion of the undergarment, which is the preferred construction.

I am aware that modification may be resorted to in carrying out the invention in drawers, combination and union suits and the embodiments of the invention herein set forth and'disclosed in the drawings are, therefore, to be considered as illustrative, rather than restrictive, of the scope of the invention.

In the accoi'npanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front perspective of a pair of drawers embodying the invention, the movable seat section being in partially open condition; Fig. 2, a rear elevation of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a rear elevation of a pair of drawers having the invention, where the seat is shown closed; Fig. 4. a. rear view of the invention applied to a union suit, the scat being closed; Fig. 5, a view like Fig. 4: with the seat open. Figs. 6 and 7, rear views of drawers embodying modifications; Figs. 8 and 9, front views of drawers showing other modifications;- and F 10, a view of the drawers of Fig. 9, drawn back.

Referring to Figs. 1, 9. and 3. which show a pair of drawers provided with the invention. rile-respective legs of the drawers are shown at 1 and 2, the former constituting a complete leg having a rear or posterior por tion 3 completely closed except at its top and lower end. Any suitable opening or fly 4 may be provided. The leg 2 has as its rear or posterior part a slidable or laterally movable seat and leg 5 which is slidably mounted at its upper end on a tape or waistband 6 in the manner that a curtain is suspended from its pole except that the band (3 is of cloth and is suitably pliable or flexible, as with any Waist-band, and that the upper part of the seat section 5 is looped around the band 6 in a loose and slidable manner, as shown at 7. The waist-band 6 is preferably of at least a length equal to onequarter of the circumference of the garment at the waist portion thereof, but I do not limit myself to this extent, as it may be greater or less. It is -not absolutely ,neces sary that the same waist-band 6 continue around the entire undergarment or that the same waistband be used as a continuation of the band 6, even if a complete waist-band be employed. Preferably, however, the waist-band 6 is made in one continuous piece extending completely around the garment as shown at 6. However constructed, all parts of the drawers except the part 7, are stitched or secured to the Waist-band as, for instance, at 8. One of the leg sections 2. or 5, may be provided with a vertical strip or band 9 to overlap the edge 10 of the other part and suitable fastening devices such as buttons 11 and buttonholes 12, are employed to connect the edge of the slidable seat section 5 to the remaining portion 1 of that leg. The split or open portion 13 thus provided is preferably located at the extreme outside ofthe leg and extends from the top entirely through the lower end 14 thereof.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 4 and 5 is the same as that previously described in connection with Figs. 1, 2 and 3, except that there is added a shirt or body portion .15, sleeved or sleeveless, which is secured to the waistband 6 around the entire circumference thereof but 1s loose or separated from the band 6 at 16 from the point 1.7 to the point 18 andextends down behind said band 6 in the form of a tail or skirt 19 which may or may not be connected to the front 2 along the line .20 and under the strip 9.

The union suit shown in Figs. 4 and 5 has a closed crotch and a front opening 21, shown by dotted lines, extending from the neck to a point near the closed crotch in both the shirt l5 and drawers.

The invention may be embodied in a combination suit having'shirt and drawers detachably conncctcd together by any suitable means.

When the nether garment is connected either permanently, as a union suit, or detachahly. as a combination garment, to the upper garment. it is immaterial whether it is connected thereto on the inner or outer surface ofjhc upper garment, so long as the suspending band (i is disconnected from the body of the garment for the distance to be utilized for the sliding operation. Also, while 1 have shown in Figs. 1 to 5, the starting point of the sliding seat on the outside of the leg only, it may be arrangml to start at any point of the leg, either at the rear or in front, and in fact, in each leg, if necessary, independently of the other leg.

While I have shown the suspending band applied to only one upper edge of a leg section, the upper edge of the other leg section may also be mounted on a suspending hand, to slide along in the opposite direction from the other, and thus still further increase the space between the sections-{in the nature of a pair of curtains, and leave the whole of one leg, from hip to foot, exposed. 4

Figs. 6 to 10 illustrate certain of the modifications just referred to.

In Fig. 6, the leg is split inits rear portion in a line running toward the inside of the leg as at .13, there being provided a triangular flap or seat section 22 which is slidable on the suspending band 6 and adapted for securemcnt by a fastening device 33. The flap 22 may be attached to the inside of the leg at 24.

.In Fig. 7, the split 13 extends in general up and down direction in the rear of the leg and terminates at 25, there being pro vided a seat flap 26 which is slidable on hand 6. Fastening devices 27 are provided for the flap 26.

The drawers of Fig. 8 have the split 13 in the front of the leg. The band 6 c0rnpre hends substantially one-half of the circumfcrencc of the waist of the drawers and constitutes a suspending device for its entire length at one side of the garment, between the points 28 and-29, the other side 30 of the waist band being secured tothe closed drawers leg 31. The entire leg section 32 is slidably suspended from hand 6 and adapted to slide rcarwardly toward the point 28, while the front section slides partially across the front of the drawers toward the point 29, somewhat in the manner illustrated in Fig. 10, which latter figure, however, specifically illustrates the operation of the drawers of Fig. 9.

In the drawers of Fig. 9 the slit 34 at the outside of the leg is also the closure of the drawers, a front closure being unnecessary; a fly 35 is provided. The sections 36 and 37 are fastened by buttons and buttonholcs 38. The suspending band 6 is formed in two sections 39 and 40 detachably connected together at 41. The sections 36 and 37 slide in opposite directions, exposing the whole of one leg to a point below the crotch, as shown in Fig. 10. lVhercvcr the split is provided, it is hnmatcrial which of the edges of the split overlaps pr underlaps the other edge thereof.

Having thus describml my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l 1. A bifurcated undergarment having a laterally movable seat section slidably suspended at its upper part.

2. A bifurcated under-garment having at least one of its legs split in a general up and down direction and provided with a laterally movable seat section Whose free edge is defined by said split, said seat section being slnlably suspended at its upper part.

3. A bifurcated undergarment having one of its'legs split in a general up and down direction clear through its lower end and 5 provided with alatera'lly andbodily movable seatsection whose free side and bottom edges are defined by the said split and by the die ii 1:3

lower end of the leg, said seat section being slidably suspended at its upper part.

4. A bifurcated undergarment having a laterally arrangedsuspending band or'ment- 1 her and a movable seat section Whose upper part is slidable on said band.

A bifurcated undergarment having ellaterally arranged suspending band or member, a split leg, and a movable seat section whose upper part is slidable on said band and which freely depends from said band.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

, 1 CHARLES W. T. DAVIES.

Witnesses B. M. S IFT, ELLEN TUDOR DAVIES. 

